In April, French Compagnie des Alpes group (CdA), operator of 15 leisure and theme parks in Europe, announced that it has sold its 30 percent stake in the Looping Group for 9.7 million Euros to HIG Capital France. CdA had already sold the majority (...) read more
With exciting waterslides, interactive water play structures, wave and surf attractions, various dry attractions such as high ropes courses and other water-based rides, Canada-based WhiteWater West’s product range has a lot to offer. About two years (...) read more
This summer will see Merlin Entertainment’s opening of North America’s first Dungeon attraction in San Francisco. Dubbed The San Francisco Dungeon, the new attraction will take visitors on a 60-minute journey through 200 years of San Francisco’s (...) read more
As Six Flags Entertainment Corporation and Unilever announced this spring, the two companies entered into a strategic partnership granting Unilever Ice Cream the exclusive marketing and sales rights for all its novelty products including Good (...) read more
Not only roller coasters and free fall towers are always being built “higher, faster and farther” … also Ferris wheels are subject to the hype to be built higher and higher. With a height of 165 meters, the Singapore Flyer was previously the highest (...) read more
An exciting journey through the human body awaits visitors at the French theme park Futuroscope. According to the storyline of the new “Virus Attack” attraction, guests are following a flying miniature drone through the body of a woman who was (...) read more
AVP/ Creative Director Jan Sherman (le.) retires from the US-based dark ride and animatronics design and manufacturing company Sally Corporation from Jacksonville (FL) after 32 years. John Wood, Chairman and CEO of Sally Corp. comments, “Over the (...) read more
„Wildfire“ is the name of the new wooden roller coaster which will rip through the woods of Sweden’s Kolmården Zoo as of spring 2016. The coaster’s 1.3 kilometer long track will feature three inversions and twelve airtime hills, and trains will (...) read more
Plettenberg, Germany’s AquaMagis adventure and wellness bathing complex is on track to expand further. As reported in EAP issue 2/2014, the bathing facility is well underway to become a resort featuring a leisure and adventure pool facility, a sauna (...) read more
After a construction phase of eleven months, Germany’s Zoo Osnabrück officially opened its new tiger temple garden enclosure on 7 April 2014. The total investment for the new enclosure, which represents the second major construction phase at the zoo (...) read more
The new Kingoland in the French municipality of Plumelin, located in Brittany (Morbihan), was opened for the first time last Saturday, 19 April 2014. Kingoland is a new, eight hectare large family amusement park featuring the three theme areas (...) read more
From April 17-27, 2014, Germany’s Freizeitpark Plohn (Saxony) starts into the new season with a great spring festival. An “Easter egg hunt” and many small surprises throughout the park await visitors these days. Moreover, visitors familiar with the (...) read more
Thanks to the good weather in late March/early April, some amusement parks in Germany decided to bring forward their season opening spontaneously and receive their guests earlier than planned. For instance, Allgäu Skyline Park (Bad Wörishofen) (...) read more
Simon Palmer has recently been promoted to the position of Waterpark Sales Manager, Europe and Africa within the Canadian company WhiteWater West. Born in the UK, Simon Palmer has over 20 years of valuable experience and an impressive background in (...) read more
Six Flags Corporation and Meraas Leisure and Entertainment LLC, the leisure and entertainment arm of the Dubai-based real estate development company Meraas Holding, recently announced their new strategic partnership to build a Six Flags-branded (...) read more
Harry Potter fans can look forward to this coming October when Harry Potter will visit Cologne! In fact, “Harry Potter™: The Exhibition” will be launched at the Odysseum Science Center as of October 3, 2014. The international touring exhibition, (...) read more
Following Merlin Entertainments’ acquisition of Istanbul’s Turkuazoo Aquarium last September (we reported on this in the EAP news from Sept 27, 2013), the visitor attraction operator recently announced that it had reached an agreement with Multi (...) read more
Following a planning and construction phase of virtually two and a half years, Phantasialand opened its brand-new attraction „Chiapas” on March 30. Named after the Mexican state of Chiapas the new log flume ride featuring a steep descent at an angle (...) read more
The classic Disney parks attraction “It’s a Small World” that premiered as a tribute to peace and hope at the 1964 New York World’s Fair celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. In 1963 Walt Disney was asked to design and create four pavilions for (...) read more
The “Raving Rabbids”, the crazy small rabbits created by French computer game producer and publisher Ubisoft, are currently on the rise. They recently have taken over France’s Futuroscope theme park (we reported on this in EAP, issue 2/2014) and are (...) read more
